Kâhta District

District in Adıyaman, Turkey

37°47′N 38°37′E / 37.783°N 38.617°E / 37.783; 38.617CountryTurkeyProvinceAdıyamanSeatKâhtaGovernment

• KaymakamSelami KorkutataArea

1,274 km² (492 sq mi)Population

(2021)

127,534 • Density100/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Kâhta District is a district of Adıyaman Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Kâhta.^[1] Its area is 1,274 km²,^[2] and its population is 127,534 (2021).^[3] On 12 October 2018, cave drawings which date back to the Paleolithic era, were discovered in the Kâhta district, due to the decline of Atatürk Reservoir waters by 10–15 meters.^[4]

Composition

There are 3 municipalities in Kâhta District:^[1]^[5]

There are 102 villages in Kâhta District:^[6]

Places of interest

Nemrut Dağı or Mount Nemrut - now a national park, famous for the antique statuary on the summit, dating back to the Commagene Kingdom.
Karakuş Tumulus, with a large statue of an eagle.
Kâhta castle
Severan Bridge, a Roman bridge.

Mount Nemrut
Tumulus of Karakuş
Kahta castle
Severan Bridge

References

^ ^a ^b İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ "Paleolithic art unveiled after dam water ebbs in Turkey's east". Hürriyet Daily News. 12 October 2018.
^ Belde Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

Kâhta District in Adıyaman Province of Turkey

Districts

List of provinces by region
Istanbul	Istanbul
West Marmara	Balıkesir Çanakkale Edirne Kırklareli Tekirdağ
Aegean	Afyonkarahisar Aydın Denizli İzmir Kütahya Manisa Muğla Uşak
East Marmara	Bilecik Bolu Bursa Düzce Eskişehir Kocaeli Sakarya Yalova
West Anatolia	Ankara Karaman Konya
Mediterranean	Adana Antalya Burdur Hatay Isparta Kahramanmaraş Mersin Osmaniye
Central Anatolia	Aksaray Kayseri Kırıkkale Kırşehir Nevşehir Niğde Sivas Yozgat
West Black Sea	Amasya Bartın Çankırı Çorum Karabük Kastamonu Samsun Sinop Tokat Zonguldak
East Black Sea	Artvin Giresun Gümüşhane Ordu Rize Trabzon
Northeast Anatolia	Ağrı Ardahan Bayburt Erzincan Erzurum Iğdır Kars
Central East Anatolia	Bingöl Bitlis Elazığ Hakkâri Malatya Muş Tunceli Van
Southeast Anatolia	Adıyaman Batman Diyarbakır Gaziantep Kilis Mardin Siirt Şanlıurfa Şırnak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

v t e Kâhta District
Municipalities	Akıncılar Bölükyayla Kâhta
Villages	Adalı Akalın Akdoğan Akkavak Akkuş Aktaş Akyıldız Alidam Arılı Aydınpınar Bağbaşı Bağözü Ballı Belenli Belören Beşikli Boğazkaya Bostanlı Bozpınar Boztarla Burmapınar Büyükbağ Büyükbejyan Büyükbey Çakıreşme Çaltılı Çamlıca Çardak Çataltepe Çaybaşı Çıralık Çukurtaş Cumhuriyet Damlacık Dardağan Dikenli Doluca Dumlu Dut Eceler Ekinci Elbeyi Erikdere Erikli Esendere Eski Kâhta Eskitaş Fıstıklı Geldibuldu Göçeri Gökçe Gölgeli Güdülge Güzelçay Habipler Hacıyusuf Hamzalar Hasandiğin Hasköy İkizce Işıktepe İslamköy Karacaören Karadut Karaman Karataş Kavaklı Kayadibi Koçtepe Köseler Kozağaç Menzil Mülk Narince Narlıdere Narsırtı Oluklu Ortanca Ovacık Şahintepe Salkımbağı Sarısu Şenköy Sıraca Sırakaya Susuz Taşlıca Taşlıçay Teğmenli Teknecik Tuğlu Turanlı Tütenocak Ulupınar Yapraklı Yelkovan Yenice Yenikuşak Yeşilkaya Yolaltı Zeytin Ziyaret

Kâhta District

Municipalities

Villages